• Assists with the activities of daily living:
  • personal hygiene,
  • dressing and feeding,
  • household tasks and nutrition.
• May be combined with other services such as visiting nurse or hospice.

• Allows eligible Medicaid members to choose and hire their own personal caregiver. This can include a friend or family member, as long as they are NOT the Medicaid member's spouse, their designated representative or the parent of a CDPAP consumer under the age of 21.

More information is available from the New York State Department of Health.

• Helps people who are chronically ill or have disabilities and who need health and long-term care services, such as home care or adult day care, stay in their homes and communities as long as possible.

• The MLTC plan arranges and pays for a large selection of health and social services, and provides choice and flexibility in obtaining needed services from one place.

More information is available from the New York State Department of Health.

• Serves people who are medically eligible for nursing home placement but in a less medically intensive, lower cost setting
• Care needs are met by combining the services of an adult home or enriched housing program with supportive home care services.

More information is available from the New York State Department of Health.

• Provide services such as nursing services, physical therapy or home health aide services provided at home rather than in a hospital or nursing home.

More information is available from the New York State Department of Health.

• A telephone electronic monitoring device that summons emergency assistance to homebound individuals.
• This device is used in conjunction with Personal Care or Long Term Home Health Care Services.

• Designed to help parents care for their severely physically disabled child at home by providing medical assistance, case management, and respite care services to children aged 0-18 who would be Medicaid-eligible if institutionalized.

• May be provided, as medically needed, to a medical assistance patient, in the patient’s home, when the patient is in need of continuous nursing care beyond that available from a home health agency.